This thing is like the swiss army knife of Network Diagnostics. Looking Glass, DNS lookup, port scan, http response, exchange peering, geolocation of ASNs, can't wait to see what new functionality will be added next.
This submission was posted by a brand new HN account that has no other submissions or comments.
The three comments on this submission -- all of which speak very highly of the tool -- were all created by brand new HN accounts that a) were created shortly after this submission was posted, b) appear to have been created solely to post a nice comment about this tool, and c) have no HN activity.
The tool itself might be really nice but I'm flagging this submission because of the obvious abuse. To the author: there's no need to do this kind of stuff and it may very well have the reverse effect and make your tool look suspicious or shady. Personally, I'll never use it and I'll be distrustful if I ever see you post anything else (although I suspect you'll just create yet another new account if you do).
Last, as a "senior network engineer" at an ISP, I'd suggest a rename of your tool. A "looking glass", in this field, means a very specific thing. This tool isn't a looking glass at all, although it is a tool that can be used to access/query existing looking glasses.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 15.5 ms ] threadThe three comments on this submission -- all of which speak very highly of the tool -- were all created by brand new HN accounts that a) were created shortly after this submission was posted, b) appear to have been created solely to post a nice comment about this tool, and c) have no HN activity.
The tool itself might be really nice but I'm flagging this submission because of the obvious abuse. To the author: there's no need to do this kind of stuff and it may very well have the reverse effect and make your tool look suspicious or shady. Personally, I'll never use it and I'll be distrustful if I ever see you post anything else (although I suspect you'll just create yet another new account if you do).
Last, as a "senior network engineer" at an ISP, I'd suggest a rename of your tool. A "looking glass", in this field, means a very specific thing. This tool isn't a looking glass at all, although it is a tool that can be used to access/query existing looking glasses.